[WATCH] Lindsey Graham Gets Shouted Down By Fellow GOP at Home State Event Over Vaccines

BY Tara Dublin October 4, 2021

Lindsey Graham’s having a tough week, and it’s only Monday.

First, a new excerpt from former Trump Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham circulating on Monday morning portrayed Graham as a swag hound looking for any free stuff at Mar-A-Lago. Also on Monday, The Daily Beast shared a video of Graham being resoundingly booed by his fellow Republicans in his home state of South Carolina for daring to suggest they follow his example and get vaccinated.

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: Ranking Member Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC) questions Neera Tanden, President Joe Bidens nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), appears before a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill on February 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. Tanden helped found the Center for American Progress, a policy research and advocacy organization and has held senior advisory positions in Democratic politics since the Clinton administration. (Photo by Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images)

Graham is just the latest vaccinated member of the GOP to encounter verbal pushback from his own party. Donald Trump himself was also booed loudly by the devout MAGA crowd that showed up to support him in Alabama last month. But Graham was also censured by the Aiken County GOP in August, so it’s not a complete surprise that he was met with such vocal resistance. “I didn’t tell you to get it, you ought to think about it,” Graham continued.

How stupid are people in South Carolina? They booed Graham when he suggested they get vaccinated. COVID is a Republican health issue more and more. #COVID #southcarolina #graham

— Rich Meyer (@richmeyer) October 4, 2021

Despite the heckling, Graham cited statistics showing that the vast majority of coronavirus hospital patients in South Carolina are unvaccinated, only angering the audience more. “Well, I’m glad I got it. Ninety-two percent of people in hospitals in South Carolina are unvaccinated,” before he was drowned out by shouts of “false!” and “not true!” Graham said he opposed mandating the vaccine for members of the military and health-care workers, but even that wouldn’t appease the audience of several dozen angry Republicans.

Watch the clip of Lindsey Graham, as first posted by the Daily Beast.